Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity

The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity — practice question

The first seven ionisation energies for an element lying between lithium and neon in the Periodic Table are given below. $1310\quad 3390\quad 5320\quad 7450\quad 11000\quad 13300\quad 71000\ \text{kJ mol}^{-1}$ What is the outer electronic configuration of this element?

  • A$2s^2$
  • B$2s^22p^1$
  • C$2s^22p^4$
  • D$2s^22p^6$

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